Book recommendation services in the bibliographic activities of libraries

Book recommendation services, promptly reflecting the development of readers demands, are an important means of updating library funds. This study is devoted to the prospects for using Internet resources of this profile in library and bibliographic activities and has been carried out based on an electronic thematic collection of popular scientific literature posted on the website of the State Public Scientific and Technical Library of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The authors analyze Russian and foreign publications on recommendation systems, consider their species classification in connection with the library and information sphere; propose an original definition of the term book recommendation service. Based on the results of the survey undertaken at the State Public Scientific and Technical Library of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, conclusion has been made that readers, while choosing scientific and educational literature, are in need not only for extended bibliographic information, but also for recommendation services available online.